Well, hello my merry friends!!! When last we spoke, I was contemplating building an ark as we were marooned due to flooding. It was great fun (cue sarcasm here!) Before I go any further, I'd like to apologise for dropping the ball on our E-card exchange. Life got in the way but that's no excuse. Please consider forgiving me sometime before next year. Been re-listening to last year's Santa launch; what an amazing tracking event; well done those elves!!!!!! In the middle of wedding season right now so pretty much every weekend until October is spent marrying couples. They're beginning to turn into one big wedding with only the names changing but I treat each one as if I've never done one before and they are the most important people in the world ever, which on their wedding day, they should be!!!! The dogs are older, stiffer and greyer but still as loud and in your face as ever. Jacob is now 11 and sporting lovely silver whiskers. Cracker is 12 and is developing little old man tendencies!!!! Bruce is living the dream, working for the mouse in Shanghai. Will be there until next June but has already decided to stay on. The weather there is brutal - yesterday was 109* with 91% humidity. Good luck with that!!! Hope you are all doing great and everyone's well. Enjoy CIJ - I bought a Mr Christmas NOEL which lights up (courtesy of our friends at QVC) Can't wait to start using it!!! Take care one and all